Achilles | Legends Are Made

warning for mild violence/death

this video is dedicated to morgan, kyuhl and bonnie
morgan for telling me to use the og gays, kyuhl for giving me a synopsis of the myth, and bonnie for telling me how to shade shang's face in the first scene because i don't understand how the most fundamental basics of lighting work

idk when exactly i started finding masking relaxing, if a little dull
maybe it's literally b/c i'm tryna procrastinate from everything else i could do and simultaneously try not to think abt them

so... the story
if u don't know wtf achilles is abt, don't worry, i didn't either until i spent 5 minutes glancing at his wikipedia before i started editing this

hercules is achilles
shang is patroclus
sinbad is hector
gaston is paris
rameses is apollo

THE STORY:
-- Achilles and Patroclus grew up together. Patroclus was older than he was and acted as something of a mentor figure. Boring old white historians keep trying to say this wasn't gay, as though they aren't talking about Ancient Greece. It was gay. It was definitely gay. My B in GCSE History says so.
--Fast forward to the TROJAN WAR, something I know only two things about: Helen pretty and wooden horses. For some reason neither of those things feature in this story.
-- Achilles was a brat, I guess? He didn't want to fight in the Trojan War for some reason. I'm not sure why. I think it's literally because some guy stole his pretty lady slave and he had a paddy abt it. Would've literally cakewalked this war if someone weren't havin a mard but I guess this is where we are.
-- Patroclus buggers off to the battle with the rest of the men but is killed by Prince Hector of Troy. Apparently he was killed because Apollo "stole his wits", whatever the fuck that means. Did he make him stupid? Did Apollo magically bimboify Patroclus just to kill him? Also fun fact, apparently Troy is in Turkey, there's the answer to a question you didn't ask.
-- When Achilles finds out his boyfriend is dead, he is Not Happy. You could even say that he is Sad.
-- He goes to battle and kills the FUCK out of Hector. He's very dishonourable about it too, attaching Hector's body to the back of his chariot and riding it through the streets like a madman. (I wasn't about to edit that, I don't even edit proper kisses, you know this)
-- Hector's brother Paris is also Not Happy about this turn of events. I think he prays to Apollo? I'm not sure. This wasn't the Paris of Troy wikipedia I was reading after all. Anyway, Apollo's like "I got you boo, just shoot your arrow wherever, I'll handle the rest" and he schloops that thing right into Achilles' heel with his godly telekinesis like he's Carrie.

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[BrokenDarkFire]

OG GAYS!!! The funeral scene looks so good, like the coloring and everything looks completely like it’s from the same movie. And Achilles grief being synced up with “how legends are made” is amazing. Possibly my favorite part.

The training sequence is also an amusing little smatter of seconds. I kept rewatching and then I noticed Achilles progression Baby Warrior Who Can’t Throw Knives to Accidental Badass to Actual Badass.

[casuallove]

THIS IS INCREDIBLE EVEN BETTER THAN I IMAGINED! I love the gay!!! omg so cute!! And wow that funeral shot looks so canon. HOLY shit Achilles killing Hector is SO DAMN GOOD!! It looks so bloody I love it 😍😍 And that shot of him over the tooown ahh!! But damn I love how you incorporated Apollo and Gaston as Paris is so perfect!! And that last maniiip of the arrowww wooow! Amazing job thank you so much for being in this MEP I’m so happy 😭❤️❤️❤️

[hollie]

OMG 0:16 HAD ME ME BLOWN and i was already in love before that!! i love the song and the grainy effect for the beats. all so good and so interesting. ahh i just adore this xxx

[Grumpyblues]

The shot of Herc standing between the horse riders is AMAZING and your summaries are always hilarious <3

[CaptJosmy]

This is AMAZING!! so beautifully, masterfully edited and I love the myth you decided to go with!! I do wonder how clear it'd be for someone who doesn't know the story, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. A treat for the eyes. Also, your descriptions are always the cherry on the top x'D

[scarletnoir]

asdfghjkljljlkgjl 🤯
Is this allowed? _Is this allowed?_
This is so well made! So well cast! So gay! The Hector dying shot is so damn bloody *I love it*
(Also your descriptions always make me laugh and are to _die_ for X’D)

[vincentniko]

That's gay...



































I like It :3